This is a project that use a LOT more than just the CNC but I decided to put it here anyway.  Please move it if necessary.  Started yesterday with some cutoff pieces of Walnut, finished it today, shipping it to NY on Monday. Finished in Nitrocellulose lacquer.

 

 

 

When your planer isn't big enough and the CNC is...

 

 

 

 

 

Enjoy!

David

Edited May 16, 20206 yr by difalkner

That is sweet!!! 

I’d put that photo in my scrap book iff’n I had one, and had made it.

Awesome job.  

Now that is some kinda nice David!  How thick is the finished piece?  And you used the CNC to flatten the glue up?  That is a use for it that I have not heard of before.

Thanks, Cal!  It finished out at 1.6", got some heft to it.  Weight is right at 11.2 lbs.

 

Yes, the CNC makes a great planer.  I took four passes with a 3/4" bit, stepping down about 0.020" each time so I could get it level but keep the piece as thick as possible.  Given the glue up and how things like this go with boards being a tiny bit unlevel after the glue up, if I had known the lowest point then I could have done this in one pass.  But it only took about 4 minutes per pass so it wasn't too bad.

 

Basically, if I can get it clamped to the spoilboard in some fashion then I can level it.  The largest piece I've done this with is making a sign out of a slice of Pecan.  I cut it with the DC off so I could watch and get good photos/video.  I think it was 25" at the widest point.

 

1.5" bit for surfacing

 

Chips everywhere!

 

Finished sign (customer put a clear coat on it front and back)

 

David

Wow, two great projects in one post. 
 

that walnut lazy Susan is just way cool.